Method and device for gradient calculating

ABSTRACT

The present application relates to the technical field of vehicle controlling technology, and provides a method and a device for gradient calculating. The method for gradient calculating includes: acquiring current operating parameters of the vehicle, wherein the current operating parameters include a current longitudinal acceleration, a current lateral acceleration, a current vehicle acceleration, and a current vehicle speed; determining a first influence value of the current lateral acceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration according to the current lateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed; determining a second influence value of the current vehicle acceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration according to the current vehicle acceleration and the current vehicle speed; correcting the current longitudinal acceleration according to the first influence value and the second influence value; and determining the gradient value based on the corrected current longitudinal acceleration.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims priority of Chinese Patent ApplicationNo. 201911013846.8, with filling date of Oct. 23, 2019, the content ofwhich is incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present application relates to the technical field of vehiclecontrolling technology, and more particularly to a method and a devicefor gradient calculating.

BACKGROUND

At present, the competition in the automobile industry is fierce, and itis more competitive only when it is improved in comfort, power and otheraspects. Therefore, vehicles need to meet the requirements of variousroad conditions as much as possible. Among them, for slope roadconditions, the gradient value has been increasingly used as a dynamicindex of whether the vehicle fully adapts to the slope road conditions.However, in the prior art, the rate of change of the longitudinalangular velocity is first measured by an angular velocity sensor, andthen the gradient value is acquired by integrating processing the rateof change of the longitudinal angular velocity. However, this solutiononly considers the influence caused by the change of the longitudinalangular velocity, which is inaccurate for the dynamic gradientcalculation, and at the same time requires an additional angularvelocity sensor, which is costly.

SUMMARY

In view of this, the present application aims to provide a method forgradient calculating, in order to at least solve above technicalproblems.

In order to achieve above object, the technical solution of the presentapplication is realized as follows:

A method for gradient calculating, which includes: acquiring currentoperating parameters of the vehicle, wherein the current operatingparameters include a current longitudinal acceleration, a currentlateral acceleration, a current vehicle acceleration, and a currentvehicle speed; determining a first influence value of the currentlateral acceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration accordingto the current lateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed;determining a second influence value of the current vehicle accelerationon the current longitudinal acceleration according to the currentvehicle acceleration and the current vehicle speed; correcting thecurrent longitudinal acceleration according to the first influence valueand the second influence value; and determining the gradient value basedon the corrected current longitudinal acceleration.

Further, the step of acquiring current operating parameters of thevehicle includes: acquiring the current longitudinal acceleration andthe current lateral acceleration respectively collected by a lateralacceleration sensor and a longitudinal acceleration sensor of thevehicle, and performing filtering processing on the current longitudinalacceleration and the current lateral acceleration.

Further, the step of determining a first influence value of the currentlateral acceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration accordingto the current lateral acceleration and the current vehicle speedincludes: querying a first influence value table preconfigured to matchthe first influence value corresponding to the current lateralacceleration and the current vehicle speed, wherein the first influencevalue table is configured to show a corresponding relationship between avehicle speed and a lateral acceleration of the vehicle and the firstinfluence value.

Further, before querying a first influence value table preconfigured,the method for gradient calculating further includes: acquiring aplurality of lateral acceleration values correspondingly generated whenthe vehicle operates in a plurality of steering conditions under a samevehicle speed and a same accelerator pedal opening, wherein theplurality of steering conditions comprise a no-steering condition;calculating a difference of each lateral acceleration valuecorresponding to the longitudinal acceleration value in the no-steeringcondition as the first influence value; and configuring the firstinfluence value table based on the calculated first influence value.

Further, the step of determining a second influence value of the currentvehicle acceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration accordingto the current vehicle acceleration and the current vehicle speedincludes: querying a second influence value table preconfigured to matchthe second influence value corresponding to the current vehicleacceleration and the current vehicle speed, wherein the second influencevalue table is configured to show corresponding relationship between avehicle speed and a vehicle acceleration of the vehicle and the secondinfluence value.

Further, before querying a second influence value table preconfigured,the method for gradient calculating further includes: acquiring aplurality of vehicle acceleration values and longitudinal accelerationvalues corresponding to multiple acceleration and decelerationconditions when the vehicle is running in a straight line; calculatingdifference between each longitudinal acceleration value and thecorresponding vehicle acceleration value as the second influence value;and configuring the second influence value table based on the calculatedsecond influence value.

Further, the step of correcting the current longitudinal accelerationaccording to the first influence value and the second influence valueincludes: subtracting the first influence value and the second influencevalue from the current longitudinal acceleration to acquire thecorrected current longitudinal acceleration.

Further, the step of determining the gradient value based on thecorrected current longitudinal acceleration includes: acquiring adifference between the corrected current longitudinal acceleration andthe current vehicle acceleration, and dividing the difference by agravitational acceleration to acquire an intermediate calculated value;performing an arcsine function calculation on the intermediatecalculated value to obtain a slope degree; and performing a tangentfunction calculation on the slope degree to obtain the slope value.

Compared to the prior art, the method for gradient calculating of thepresent application has the following advantages:

The method for gradient calculating of embodiments of the presentapplication does not require a gradient sensor or an angular velocitysensor, preforming fine turning to the longitudinal acceleration throughthe lateral acceleration and the vehicle speed, and preforming fineturning to the longitudinal acceleration through the vehicleacceleration and the vehicle speed, so that the longitudinalacceleration is more accurate. Therefore, the gradient value can beaccurately calculated only through the lateral acceleration and thelongitudinal acceleration, and the cost of additional sensors isreduced.

A further object of the present application is to provide a device forgradient calculating, in order to at least solve above technicalproblems.

In order to achieve above object, the technical solution of the presentapplication is realized as follows:

A device for gradient calculating, which includes: an operatingparameter acquisition module, configured for acquiring current operatingparameters of the vehicle, wherein the current operating parametersinclude a current longitudinal acceleration, a current lateralacceleration, a current vehicle acceleration, and a current vehiclespeed; a first influence value determination module, configured fordetermining a first influence value of the current lateral accelerationon the current longitudinal acceleration according to the currentlateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed; a second influencevalue determination module, configured for determining a secondinfluence value of the current vehicle acceleration on the currentlongitudinal acceleration according to the current vehicle accelerationand the current vehicle speed; a longitudinal acceleration correctionmodule, configured for correcting the current longitudinal accelerationaccording to the first influence value and the second influence value;and a gradient value determination module, configured for determiningthe gradient value based on the corrected current longitudinalacceleration.

Further, the operating parameter acquisition module includes: anacquisition sub-module, configured for acquiring the currentlongitudinal acceleration and the current lateral accelerationrespectively collected by a lateral acceleration sensor and alongitudinal acceleration sensor of the vehicle; and a processingsub-module, configured for performing filtering processing on thecurrent longitudinal acceleration and the current lateral acceleration.

Further, the first influence value determination module comprises: afirst query sub-module, configured for querying a first influence valuetable preconfigured to match the first influence value corresponding tothe current lateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed, whereinthe first influence value table is configured to show a correspondingrelationship between a vehicle speed and a lateral acceleration of thevehicle and the first influence value; and a first table buildingsub-module, configured for acquiring a plurality of lateral accelerationvalues correspondingly generated when the vehicle operates in aplurality of steering conditions under a same vehicle speed and a sameaccelerator pedal opening, calculating a difference of each lateralacceleration value corresponding to the longitudinal acceleration valuein the no-steering condition as the first influence value, andconfiguring the first influence value table based on the calculatedfirst influence value.

Further, the second influence value determination module comprises: asecond query sub-module, configured for querying a second influencevalue table preconfigured to match the second influence valuecorresponding to the current vehicle acceleration and the currentvehicle speed, wherein the second influence value table is configured toshow corresponding relationship between a vehicle speed and a vehicleacceleration of the vehicle and the second influence value; and a secondtable building sub-module, configured for acquiring a plurality ofvehicle acceleration values and longitudinal acceleration valuescorresponding to multiple acceleration and deceleration conditions whenthe vehicle is running in a straight line, calculating differencebetween each longitudinal acceleration value and the correspondingvehicle acceleration value as the second influence value, andconfiguring the second influence value table based on the calculatedsecond influence value.

Further, the longitudinal acceleration correction module, configured forcorrecting the current longitudinal acceleration according to the firstinfluence value and the second influence value, and includes:subtracting the first influence value and the second influence valuefrom the current longitudinal acceleration to acquire the correctedcurrent longitudinal acceleration.

Further, the gradient value determination module, configured fordetermining the gradient value based on the corrected currentlongitudinal acceleration, and includes: acquiring a difference betweenthe corrected current longitudinal acceleration and the current vehicleacceleration, and dividing the difference by a gravitationalacceleration to acquire an intermediate calculated value; performing anarcsine function calculation on the intermediate calculated value toobtain a slope degree; and performing a tangent function calculation onthe slope degree to obtain the slope value.

A further object of the present application is to provide amachine-readable storage medium or a processor, in order to at leastsolve above technical problems.

In order to achieve above object, the technical solution of the presentapplication is realized as follows:

A machine-readable storage medium on which instructions are stored,wherein the instructions are configured for causing the method forgradient calculating above-mentioned executed by a machine.

A processor for running a program, wherein when the program is running,and the method for gradient calculating above-mentioned is executed.

The device for gradient calculating and the machine-readable storagemedium have the same advantages as that of the method for gradientcalculating relative to the prior art, which will not be repeatedherein.

Other features and advantages of the present application will bedescribed in detail in the detailed description that follows.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings constituting a part of the present applicationare used to provide further understanding of the present application,and the schematic embodiments of the present application and theirdescriptions are used to explain the present application and do notconstitute an improper limitation of the present application. In thedrawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for gradient calculatingaccording to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of determining a gradient value based ona corrected current longitudinal acceleration in an embodiment of thepresent application; and

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for gradientcalculating according to another embodiment of the present application.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

100, operation parameter acquisition module; 200, first influence valuedetermination module; 300, second influence value determination module;400, longitudinal acceleration correction module; 500, gradient valuedetermination module.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present application andthe features of the embodiments may be combined with each other withoutconflict.

The present application will be described in detail below with referenceto the accompanying drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of the method for gradient calculatingaccording to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG.1, the method for gradient calculating may include the following steps:

Step S100: acquiring current operating parameters of the vehicle,wherein the current operating parameters include a current longitudinalacceleration, a current lateral acceleration, a current vehicleacceleration, and a current vehicle speed.

Among them, the current longitudinal acceleration and the currentlateral acceleration may be collected by the lateral acceleration sensorand the longitudinal acceleration sensor of the vehicle, respectively.At present, many vehicles are equipped with Electronic Stability Program(ESP), and vehicles equipped with ESP are equipped with lateralacceleration sensors and longitudinal acceleration sensors. Therefore,the embodiment of the present application does not need to configureadditional related sensors, which is beneficial to saving costs.

In a preferred embodiment, in order to prevent the final calculatedgradient value from fluctuating and jumping due to the signalfluctuation of the longitudinal acceleration and the lateralacceleration, the current longitudinal acceleration and the currentlateral acceleration respectively collected by the lateral accelerationsensor and the longitudinal acceleration sensor can be performedfiltering processing for subsequent calculations. Among them, thefiltering process is, for example, low-pass filtering performed by usinga low-pass filter.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present application, the vehiclespeed can be acquired in various ways, for example, the vehicle speedcan be acquired from the vehicle speed meter through the vehicle CANbus. After the vehicle speed is acquired, the vehicle acceleration canbe determined according to the change of the vehicle speed at thecurrent moment relative to the vehicle speed at the previous moment. Forexample, v is the vehicle speed, v1 is the current vehicle speed, v0 isthe previous vehicle speed, t is the time interval, and a is the vehicleacceleration, then a=(v1−v0)/t.

Step S200: determining a first influence value of the current lateralacceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration according to thecurrent lateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed.

Corresponding to step S200 and the following step S300, it should benoted that the embodiment of the present application uses longitudinalacceleration to calculate the gradient value, and considers twoinfluencing factors of longitudinal acceleration (vehicle lateralacceleration and vehicle acceleration). Among them, the influence ofvehicle lateral acceleration on longitudinal acceleration is manifestedas the lateral deviation of the vehicle, the influence of vehicleacceleration on longitudinal acceleration is manifested as thelongitudinal inclination of the vehicle, and the longitudinalinclination is also manifested as the influence of the tilted depressionangle of the vehicle and so on. In addition, the lateral deviation ofthe vehicle and the longitudinal inclination of the vehiclesubstantially reflect the running posture of the vehicle, so thecalculation of the gradient value in the embodiments of the presentapplication takes the running posture of the vehicle into consideration,which belongs to the dynamic calculation of the gradient value.

In a preferred embodiment, for the step S200, the first influence valuecan be determined by looking up a table, which specifically includes:querying a first influence value table preconfigured to match the firstinfluence value corresponding to the current lateral acceleration andthe current vehicle speed.

The first influence value table is configured to show a correspondingrelationship between a vehicle speed and a lateral acceleration of thevehicle and the first influence value. For example, the first influencevalue represents the corresponding first influence value being y1 whenthe vehicle speed is v1 and the lateral acceleration is a1.

In a more preferred embodiment, the method for gradient calculating ofthe embodiment of the present application may include the step ofconfiguring the first influence value table, which is specifically asfollows:

Step S210: acquiring a plurality of lateral acceleration valuescorrespondingly generated when the vehicle operates in a plurality ofsteering conditions under a same vehicle speed and a same acceleratorpedal opening, wherein the plurality of steering conditions comprise ano-steering condition.

It should be noted that the influence of the lateral acceleration of thevehicle on the longitudinal acceleration is mainly reflected in thesteering and sharp steering conditions, so the determination of thelateral acceleration value in the embodiment of the present applicationis performed based on the steering conditions of the vehicle.

Step S220: calculating a difference of each lateral acceleration valuecorresponding to the longitudinal acceleration value in the no-steeringcondition as the first influence value.

Step S230: configuring the first influence value table based on thecalculated first influence value.

For steps S210-S230, for example, the accelerator pedal opening kl ofthe same depth is depressed at the same vehicle speed v, and five testsare performed for different steering conditions, so that the observedlateral acceleration values are −5, −2, 0, 2, 5 (units omitted)respectively, and then calculate the difference between the four sets oflongitudinal acceleration values −5, −2, 2, and 5 and the set oflongitudinal acceleration values corresponding to the 0 value to obtainthe corresponding first influence value. Finally, based on thecalculated first influence value, the first influence value table can beconfigured as shown in Table 1 below:

TABLE 1 vehicle speed lateral acceleration value the first influencevalue v −5 −5 v −2 −2 v 2 2 v 5 5

The table 1 is only part of the first influence value table. By multipletests, a more detailed first influence table can be obtained, so as todetermine the influence of the longitudinal acceleration of the vehiclelateral acceleration on different speed and lateral acceleration.

Step S300: determining a second influence value of the current vehicleacceleration on the current longitudinal acceleration according to thecurrent vehicle acceleration and the current vehicle speed.

In a preferred embodiment, the second influence value can also bedetermined by looking up the table, including: querying a secondinfluence value table preconfigured to match the second influence valuecorresponding to the current vehicle acceleration and the currentvehicle speed.

The second influence value table is configured to show correspondingrelationship between a vehicle speed and a vehicle acceleration of thevehicle and the second influence value. For example, the secondinfluence value represents the corresponding second influence valuebeing y2 when the vehicle speed is v and the lateral acceleration is a.

In a more preferred embodiment, the method for gradient calculating ofthe embodiment of the present application can include the step ofconfiguring a second influence value table, as follows:

Step S310: acquiring a plurality of vehicle acceleration values andlongitudinal acceleration values corresponding to multiple accelerationand deceleration conditions when the vehicle is running in a straightline.

It should be noted that the second influence value is essentially theacceleration influence value caused by the longitudinal tilt of thevehicle, refers to the influence value of the tilting of thelongitudinal posture of the vehicle on the longitudinal accelerationcaused by the braking of the acceleration and deceleration of thevehicle. Therefore, the influence of the vehicle acceleration of thevehicle on longitudinal acceleration is mainly reflected in an emergencyacceleration, so that the vehicle acceleration value of the presentapplication is determined based on the acceleration and decelerationconditions of the vehicle.

Step S320: calculating difference between each longitudinal accelerationvalue and the corresponding vehicle acceleration value as the secondinfluence value.

Step S330: configuring the second influence value table based on thecalculated second influence value.

For steps S210-S230, for example, the vehicle is traveling straightline, and the six sets of tests including acceleration, deceleration,rapidly acceleration, and rapidly deceleration conditions, six sets oftests correspond to v1-v6, and the vehicle acceleration values of thesix sets of tests are −5, −3, −2, 2, 4, 7 (units omitted) respectively,and then observed that the longitudinal acceleration valuescorresponding to the six sets of tests are a1 (where the longitudinalacceleration value a1 under different speeds can be indicates differentvalues), calculating the difference between the respective longitudinalacceleration value and the corresponding vehicle acceleration value, toobtain the corresponding second influence value. Finally, based on thecalculated second influence value, the second influence value table isconfigured as shown in Table 2 below:

TABLE 2 vehicle longitudinal second influence value Vehicle accelerationacceleration (taking the absolute speed value value value forcalculation) v1 −5 a1 a1 − 5 v2 −3 a1 a1 − 3 v3 −2 a1 a1 − 2 v4 2 a1 a1− 2 v5 4 a1 a1 − 4 v6 7 a1 a1 − 7

Similarly, the Table 2 is only a part of the second influence valuetable. By multiple tests, a more detailed second influence table can beobtained to determine the influence of the vehicle acceleration on thelongitudinal direction under different vehicle speed and vehicleaccelerations.

Step S400: correcting the current longitudinal acceleration according tothe first influence value and the second influence value.

Preferably, for the step S400, the first influence value and the secondinfluence value may be subtracted from the current longitudinalacceleration to obtain the corrected current longitudinal acceleration.For example, if the current longitudinal acceleration is a1, and thefirst and second influence values are y1 and y2, respectively, thecorrected current longitudinal acceleration a11 can be calculated by thefollowing formula:

a11=a1−y1−y2  (1)

Among them, the current longitudinal acceleration a1 is preferably afiltered acceleration value.

Step S500: determining the gradient value based on the corrected currentlongitudinal acceleration.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of determining a gradient value based ona corrected current longitudinal acceleration in an embodiment of thepresent application. As shown in FIG. 2, it may specifically include thefollowing steps:

Step S510: acquiring a difference between the corrected currentlongitudinal acceleration and the current vehicle acceleration, anddividing the difference by a gravitational acceleration to acquire anintermediate calculated value.

For example, if the corrected current longitudinal acceleration is a11,the vehicle acceleration is a, and the gravitational acceleration is g,the intermediate calculated value z can be calculated by the followingformula:

z=(a11−a)/g  (2)

Step S520: performing an arcsine function calculation on theintermediate calculated value to obtain a slope degree.

Continuing the example above, the slope degree θ can be calculated by:

θ=arcsin[(a11−a)/g]  (3)

It should be noted that the slope degree θ obtained at this time is aradian system value, so it can be converted into an angle value throughangle transformation, that is:

θ=arcsin[(a11−a12)/g]*180/π  (4)

Among them, 180/π is used to realize the transformation from numericalvalue to angle, and the unit of the transformed angle value is degree.

Step S530: performing a tangent function calculation on the degree ofslope to obtain the slope value.

Continuing the above example, the gradient value p can be obtained bythe following formula:

p=tan(θ)  (5)

Further, the unit of the gradient value p can be converted into %through percentage conversion, That is:

p=tan(θ)*100%  (6)

It should be noted that the gradient value calculated by the embodimentof the present application is a positive value when going upslope and anegative value when going downslope, so it can be applied to differentcontrol strategies for torque compensation according to the upslope anddownslope.

The calculation of the gradient value using the solution from steps S100to S500 is described below through a simple example. In the example,after filtering, the longitudinal acceleration a1=2, the lateralacceleration a2=0.1, the vehicle acceleration a=1, the first influencevalue y1=0.1 caused by the lateral deviation can be obtained by lookingup the table, and the second influence value y2=0.1 caused by thelongitudinal tilt, further according to the formula (1), the correctedlongitudinal acceleration a11=a1−y1−y2=2−0.1−0.1=1.8; according to theformula (3), the slope degree θ=arcsin[(1.8−1)/g]*180/π=4.68°; accordingto formula (6), the gradient value p=tan(4.68)*100%=8.19%. Throughverification, the calculated gradient value is basically consistent withthe actual value.

It can be known from the example that the embodiment of the presentapplication can calculate an accurate gradient value based on thelongitudinal acceleration and the lateral acceleration.

In summary, the method for gradient calculating of the embodiment of thepresent application does not require a gradient sensor or an angularvelocity sensor, and the longitudinal acceleration is fine-tuned by thelateral acceleration and the vehicle speed, and the longitudinalacceleration is fine-tuned by the vehicle acceleration and the vehiclespeed, so that the longitudinal acceleration is more accurate.Therefore, the accurate gradient value can be calculated only by thelongitudinal acceleration and the lateral acceleration, which reducesthe cost of additionally configuring the sensors. In addition, thegradient value calculated by the embodiment of the present applicationis dynamic, and the accurate dynamic gradient value is convenient forprocessing the dynamic strategy that the vehicle is on the slope,thereby facilitating the vehicle to adapt to different roads.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for gradientcalculating according to another embodiment of the present application.The device for gradient calculating includes: an operating parameteracquisition module 100, configured for acquiring current operatingparameters of the vehicle, wherein the current operating parametersinclude a current longitudinal acceleration, a current lateralacceleration, a current vehicle acceleration, and a current vehiclespeed; a first influence value determination module 200, configured fordetermining a first influence value of the current lateral accelerationon the current longitudinal acceleration according to the currentlateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed; a second influencevalue determination module 300, configured for determining a secondinfluence value of the current vehicle acceleration on the currentlongitudinal acceleration according to the current vehicle accelerationand the current vehicle speed; a longitudinal acceleration correctionmodule 400, configured for correcting the current longitudinalacceleration according to the first influence value and the secondinfluence value; and a gradient value determination module 500,configured for determining the gradient value based on the correctedcurrent longitudinal acceleration.

Preferably, the operating parameter acquisition module 100 may include:an acquisition sub-module, configured for acquiring the currentlongitudinal acceleration and the current lateral accelerationrespectively collected by a lateral acceleration sensor and alongitudinal acceleration sensor of the vehicle; and a processingsub-module, configured for performing filtering processing on thecurrent longitudinal acceleration and the current lateral acceleration.

Preferably, the first influence value determination module 200 mayinclude: a first query sub-module, configured for querying a firstinfluence value table preconfigured to match the first influence valuecorresponding to the current lateral acceleration and the currentvehicle speed, wherein the first influence value table is configured toshow a corresponding relationship between a vehicle speed and a lateralacceleration of the vehicle and the first influence value.

More preferably, the first influence value determination module 200 mayfurther include: a first table building sub-module, configured foracquiring a plurality of lateral acceleration values correspondinglygenerated when the vehicle operates in a plurality of steeringconditions under a same vehicle speed and a same accelerator pedalopening, and calculating a difference of each lateral acceleration valuecorresponding to the longitudinal acceleration value in the no-steeringcondition as the first influence value, and configuring the firstinfluence value table based on the calculated first influence value.Among them, the plurality of steering conditions include a no-steeringcondition.

Preferably, the second influence value determination module 300 mayinclude: a second query sub-module, configured for querying a secondinfluence value table preconfigured to match the second influence valuecorresponding to the current vehicle acceleration and the currentvehicle speed, wherein the second influence value table is configured toshow corresponding relationship between a vehicle speed and a vehicleacceleration of the vehicle and the second influence value.

More preferably, the second influence value determination module 300 mayfurther include: a second table building sub-module, configured foracquiring a plurality of vehicle acceleration values and longitudinalacceleration values corresponding to multiple acceleration anddeceleration conditions when the vehicle is running in a straight line,calculating difference between each longitudinal acceleration value andthe corresponding vehicle acceleration value as the second influencevalue, and configuring the second influence value table based on thecalculated second influence value.

Preferably, the longitudinal acceleration correction module 400,configured for correcting the current longitudinal accelerationaccording to the first influence value and the second influence value,and includes: subtracting the first influence value and the secondinfluence value from the current longitudinal acceleration to acquirethe corrected current longitudinal acceleration.

Preferably, the gradient value determination module 500, configured fordetermining the gradient value based on the corrected currentlongitudinal acceleration, and includes: acquiring a difference betweenthe corrected current longitudinal acceleration and the current vehicleacceleration, and dividing the difference by a gravitationalacceleration to acquire an intermediate calculated value; performing anarcsine function calculation on the intermediate calculated value toobtain a slope degree; and performing a tangent function calculation onthe slope degree to obtain the slope value.

It should be noted that, for other implementation details and effects ofthe device for gradient calculating, reference may be made to theaforementioned embodiments of the method for gradient calculating, whichwill not be repeated herein.

An embodiment of the present application further provides amachine-readable storage medium, where instructions are stored on themachine-readable storage medium, and the instructions are used to causea machine to execute the method for gradient calculating of theforegoing embodiments.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a processor,which is used for running a program, wherein when the program runs, andthe method for gradient calculating of the above-mentioned embodiment isexecuted.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a computerprogram product, which, when executed on a vehicle-related component, isadapted to execute a program initialized with the steps of the methodfor gradient calculating of the above-mentioned embodiments.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the embodiments ofthe present application may be provided as a method, a system, or acomputer program product. Accordingly, the present application may takethe form of entirely hardware embodiments, entirely softwareembodiments, or embodiments combining software and hardware aspects.Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computerprogram product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media(including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage,etc.) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchartillustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), andcomputer program products according to embodiments of the presentapplication. It will be understood that each flow and/or block in theflowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flowsand/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, canbe implemented by computer program instructions. These computer programinstructions may be provided to the processor of a general purposecomputer, special purpose computer, embedded processor or otherprogrammable data processing device to produce a machine such that theinstructions executed by the processor of the computer or otherprogrammable data processing device produce Means for implementing thefunctions specified in one or more of the flowcharts and/or one or moreblocks of the block diagrams. In addition, it should be understood thatthe positional relationship of each process and/or block in theflowchart and/or block diagram of the embodiments of the presentapplication is schematic, and those skilled in the art can adjust theexecution of the process or block according to actual needs order.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in acomputer-readable memory capable of directing a computer or otherprogrammable data processing apparatus to function in a particularmanner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readablememory result in an article of manufacture comprising instruction means,the instructions an apparatus implements the functions specified in aflow or flows of the flowcharts and/or a block or blocks of the blockdiagrams.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded on a computer orother programmable data processing device to cause a series ofoperational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmabledevice to produce a computer-implemented process such that Theinstructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified inthe flow or blocks of the flowcharts and/or the block or blocks of theblock diagrams.

In a typical configuration, a computing device includes one or moreprocessors (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, andmemory.

Memory may include non-persistent memory in computer readable media,random access memory (RAM) and/or non-volatile memory and so on, forexample, read only memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM). Memory isan example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media includes permanent and non-permanent, removableand non-removable media, and storage of information may be implementedby any method or technology. Information may be computer readableinstructions, data structures, modules of programs, or other data.Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to,phase-change random access memory (PRAM), static random access memory(SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), other types of randomaccess memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), electrically erasableprogrammable read only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memorytechnology, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatiledisc (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic tape cassettes, magnetictape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices or anyother non-transmission medium that can be used to store information thatcan be accessed by a computing device.

It should also be noted that the term “comprising” or any othervariation thereof is intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion suchthat a process, method, article or device including a list of elementsincludes not only those elements, but also those not explicitly listed,or other elements inherent to such a process, method, commodity ordevice. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase“comprising a . . . ” does not preclude the presence of additionalidentical elements in the process, method, article of manufacture ordevice that includes the element.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the presentapplication, and are not intended to limit the present application. Anymodification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within thespirit and principle of the present application shall be included withinthe scope of protection of the present application.

1. A method for gradient calculating, wherein the method is applied to avehicle providing with a processor, and the method comprises: acquiring,by ESP, current operating parameters of the vehicle, wherein the currentoperating parameters include a current longitudinal acceleration, acurrent lateral acceleration, a current vehicle acceleration, and acurrent vehicle speed; determining, by the processor, a first influencevalue of the current lateral acceleration on the current longitudinalacceleration according to the current lateral acceleration and thecurrent vehicle speed; determining, by the processor, a second influencevalue of the current vehicle acceleration on the current longitudinalacceleration according to the current vehicle acceleration and thecurrent vehicle speed; correcting, by the processor, the currentlongitudinal acceleration according to the first influence value and thesecond influence value; and determining, by the processor, the gradientvalue based on the corrected current longitudinal acceleration.
 2. Themethod for gradient calculating according to claim 1, wherein the stepof acquiring, by ESP, current operating parameters of the vehiclecomprise: acquiring the current longitudinal acceleration and thecurrent lateral acceleration respectively collected by a lateralacceleration sensor and a longitudinal acceleration sensor of thevehicle, and performing, by a low-pass filter, filtering processing onthe current longitudinal acceleration and the current lateralacceleration.
 3. The method for gradient calculating according to claim1, wherein the step of determining, by the processor, a first influencevalue of the current lateral acceleration on the current longitudinalacceleration according to the current lateral acceleration and thecurrent vehicle speed comprises: querying a first influence value tablepreconfigured to match the first influence value corresponding to thecurrent lateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed, wherein thefirst influence value table is configured to show a correspondingrelationship between a vehicle speed and a lateral acceleration of thevehicle and the first influence value.
 4. The method for gradientcalculating according to claim 3, wherein before querying a firstinfluence value table preconfigured, the method for gradient calculatingfurther comprises: acquiring a plurality of lateral acceleration valuescorrespondingly generated when the vehicle operates in a plurality ofsteering conditions under a same vehicle speed and a same acceleratorpedal opening, wherein the plurality of steering conditions comprise ano-steering condition; calculating a difference of each lateralacceleration value corresponding to the longitudinal acceleration valuein the no-steering condition as the first influence value; andconfiguring the first influence value table based on the calculatedfirst influence value.
 5. The method for gradient calculating accordingto claim 1, wherein the step of determining, by the processor, a secondinfluence value of the current vehicle acceleration on the currentlongitudinal acceleration according to the current vehicle accelerationand the current vehicle speed comprises: querying a second influencevalue table preconfigured to match the second influence valuecorresponding to the current vehicle acceleration and the currentvehicle speed, wherein the second influence value table is configured toshow corresponding relationship between a vehicle speed and a vehicleacceleration of the vehicle and the second influence value.
 6. Themethod for gradient calculating according to claim 5, wherein beforequerying a second influence value table preconfigured, the method forgradient calculating further comprises: acquiring a plurality of vehicleacceleration values and longitudinal acceleration values correspondingto multiple acceleration and deceleration conditions when the vehicle isrunning in a straight line; calculating difference between eachlongitudinal acceleration value and the corresponding vehicleacceleration value as the second influence value; and configuring thesecond influence value table based on the calculated second influencevalue.
 7. The method for gradient calculating according to claim 1,wherein the step of correcting, by the processor, the currentlongitudinal acceleration according to the first influence value and thesecond influence value comprises: subtracting the first influence valueand the second influence value from the current longitudinalacceleration to acquire the corrected current longitudinal acceleration.8. The method for gradient calculating according to claim 1, wherein thestep of determining, by the processor, the gradient value based on thecorrected current longitudinal acceleration comprises: acquiring adifference between the corrected current longitudinal acceleration andthe current vehicle acceleration, and dividing the difference by agravitational acceleration to acquire an intermediate calculated value;performing an arcsine function calculation on the intermediatecalculated value to obtain a slope degree; and performing a tangentfunction calculation on the slope degree to obtain the slope value.
 9. Adevice for gradient calculating, wherein the device is applied to avehicle providing with a processor, and the device comprises: anoperating parameter acquisition module, configured for acquiring, byESP, current operating parameters of the vehicle, wherein the currentoperating parameters include a current longitudinal acceleration, acurrent lateral acceleration, a current vehicle acceleration, and acurrent vehicle speed; a first influence value determination module,configured for determining, by the processor, a first influence value ofthe current lateral acceleration on the current longitudinalacceleration according to the current lateral acceleration and thecurrent vehicle speed; a second influence value determination module,configured for determining, by the processor, a second influence valueof the current vehicle acceleration on the current longitudinalacceleration according to the current vehicle acceleration and thecurrent vehicle speed; a longitudinal acceleration correction module,configured for correcting, by the processor, the current longitudinalacceleration according to the first influence value and the secondinfluence value; and a gradient value determination module, configuredfor determining, by the processor, the gradient value based on thecorrected current longitudinal acceleration.
 10. The device for gradientcalculating according to claim 9, wherein the operating parameteracquisition module comprises: an acquisition sub-module, configured foracquiring the current longitudinal acceleration and the current lateralacceleration respectively collected by a lateral acceleration sensor anda longitudinal acceleration sensor of the vehicle; and a processingsub-module, configured for performing, by a low-pass filter, filteringprocessing on the current longitudinal acceleration and the currentlateral acceleration.
 11. The device for gradient calculating accordingto claim 9, wherein the first influence value determination modulecomprises: a first query sub-module, configured for querying a firstinfluence value table preconfigured to match the first influence valuecorresponding to the current lateral acceleration and the currentvehicle speed, wherein the first influence value table is configured toshow a corresponding relationship between a vehicle speed and a lateralacceleration of the vehicle and the first influence value; and a firsttable building sub-module, configured for acquiring a plurality oflateral acceleration values correspondingly generated when the vehicleoperates in a plurality of steering conditions under a same vehiclespeed and a same accelerator pedal opening, calculating a difference ofeach lateral acceleration value corresponding to the longitudinalacceleration value in the no-steering condition as the first influencevalue, and configuring the first influence value table based on thecalculated first influence value.
 12. The device for gradientcalculating according to claim 9, wherein the second influence valuedetermination module comprises: a second query sub-module, configuredfor querying a second influence value table preconfigured to match thesecond influence value corresponding to the current vehicle accelerationand the current vehicle speed, wherein the second influence value tableis configured to show corresponding relationship between a vehicle speedand a vehicle acceleration of the vehicle and the second influencevalue; and a second table building sub-module, configured for acquiringa plurality of vehicle acceleration values and longitudinal accelerationvalues corresponding to multiple acceleration and decelerationconditions when the vehicle is running in a straight line, calculatingdifference between each longitudinal acceleration value and thecorresponding vehicle acceleration value as the second influence value,and configuring the second influence value table based on the calculatedsecond influence value.
 13. The device for gradient calculatingaccording to claim 9, wherein the longitudinal acceleration correctionmodule, configured for correcting, by the processor, the currentlongitudinal acceleration according to the first influence value and thesecond influence value, and comprises: subtracting the first influencevalue and the second influence value from the current longitudinalacceleration to acquire the corrected current longitudinal acceleration.14. The device for gradient calculating according to claim 9, whereinthe gradient value determination module, configured for determining, bythe processor, the gradient value based on the corrected currentlongitudinal acceleration, and comprises: acquiring a difference betweenthe corrected current longitudinal acceleration and the current vehicleacceleration, and dividing the difference by a gravitationalacceleration to acquire an intermediate calculated value; performing anarcsine function calculation on the intermediate calculated value toobtain a slope degree; and performing a tangent function calculation onthe slope degree to obtain the slope value.
 15. A machine-readablestorage medium on which instructions are stored, wherein theinstructions are configured for causing the method for gradientcalculating executed by a machine, wherein the machine is configured toexecute: acquiring, by ESP, current operating parameters of the vehicle,wherein the current operating parameters include a current longitudinalacceleration, a current lateral acceleration, a current vehicleacceleration, and a current vehicle speed; determining, by a processor,a first influence value of the current lateral acceleration on thecurrent longitudinal acceleration according to the current lateralacceleration and the current vehicle speed; determining, by a processor,a second influence value of the current vehicle acceleration on thecurrent longitudinal acceleration according to the current vehicleacceleration and the current vehicle speed; correcting, by a processor,the current longitudinal acceleration according to the first influencevalue and the second influence value; and determining, by a processor,the gradient value based on the corrected current longitudinalacceleration.
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 17. The machine-readable storage mediumaccording to claim 15, wherein in the step of acquiring, by ESP, currentoperating parameters of the vehicle, the machine is configured toexecute: acquiring the current longitudinal acceleration and the currentlateral acceleration respectively collected by a lateral accelerationsensor and a longitudinal acceleration sensor of the vehicle, andperforming filtering processing on the current longitudinal accelerationand the current lateral acceleration.
 18. The machine-readable storagemedium according to claim 15, wherein in the step of determining, by theprocessor, a first influence value of the current lateral accelerationon the current longitudinal acceleration according to the currentlateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed, the machine isconfigured to execute: querying a first influence value tablepreconfigured to match the first influence value corresponding to thecurrent lateral acceleration and the current vehicle speed, wherein thefirst influence value table is configured to show a correspondingrelationship between a vehicle speed and a lateral acceleration of thevehicle and the first influence value.
 19. The machine-readable storagemedium according to claim 15, wherein in the step of determining, by theprocessor, a second influence value of the current vehicle accelerationon the current longitudinal acceleration according to the currentvehicle acceleration and the current vehicle speed, the machine isconfigured to execute: querying a second influence value tablepreconfigured to match the second influence value corresponding to thecurrent vehicle acceleration and the current vehicle speed, wherein thesecond influence value table is configured to show correspondingrelationship between a vehicle speed and a vehicle acceleration of thevehicle and the second influence value.
 20. The machine-readable storagemedium according to claim 15, wherein in the step of correcting, by theprocessor, the current longitudinal acceleration according to the firstinfluence value and the second influence value, the machine isconfigured to execute: subtracting the first influence value and thesecond influence value from the current longitudinal acceleration toacquire the corrected current longitudinal acceleration.
 21. Themachine-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein in thestep of determining, by the processor, the gradient value based on thecorrected current longitudinal acceleration, the machine is configuredto execute: acquiring a difference between the corrected currentlongitudinal acceleration and the current vehicle acceleration, anddividing the difference by a gravitational acceleration to acquire anintermediate calculated value; performing an arcsine functioncalculation on the intermediate calculated value to obtain a slopedegree; and performing a tangent function calculation on the slopedegree to obtain the slope value.